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SS Zuiderkruis


Departure Port: Unknown
Departure Date: Unknown
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Arrival Date: 3 June 1955
International Refugee Organisation
Group Resettlement to Australia
This passenger list contains individuals and families that migrated to Australia after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons.
Columns represent*: Sequence number, surname, forename, nationality, and look-up reference number.
 1  BROEKMAN       Jan Martijn                Dutch   3215978
 2  BROEKMAN       Johanna                    Dutch   3215977
 3  BRUINING       Maria Gertrude             Dutch   3908294
 4  BUIJIS         Johannes Hendricus         Dutch   3228214
 5  DE MOET        Adriana Jacoba             Dutch   3295757
 6  DE MOET        Adrianus                   Dutch   3295760
 7  DE WAAYER      Johanna Martina            Dutch   3234339
 8  DELLEMIJN      Antonius Theodorus         Dutch   3401962
 9  DELLEMIJN      Maria Johanna              Dutch   3401965
10  GESTMAN        Desiree Melanie            Dutch   3300310
11  GESTMAN        Pieter Cornelis            Dutch   3298932
12  GROEN          Ate                        Dutch   3226506
13  GROEN          Gertrude                   Dutch   3226507
14  KING           Maria Gertrude             Dutch   3908294
15  KRAMER         Robertus                   Dutch   3908358
16  LUBACH         Theodorus                  Dutch   3254199
17  LURVINK        Geertruida Johanna Theres  Dutch   3308750
18  LURVINK        Theodorus Franciskus Mari  Dutch   3308752
19  PLATE          Marie                      Dutch   4090194
20  PLATE          Rudolf                     Dutch   4090195
21  RIETVELD       Athonie Gerrit             Dutch   3343512
22  SEBRECHTS      Cornelis Johannes Antoniu  Dutch   4090416
23  SEBRECHTS      Petronella Henrica Relind  Dutch   4090417
24  SLEMMER        Nicolaas Jakob             Dutch   3270064
25  STEKELENBURG   Gerrit                     Dutch   3270558
26  STEKELENBURG   Wilhelmina Egberdina       Dutch   3270559
27  VAN DEN BERGH  Jacob                      Dutch   4090688
28  VAN DEN BERGH  Trijntje Lamberta          Dutch   4090689
29  VAN LOON       Cornelis Jacobus           Dutch   3316751
30  VAN LOON       Wilhelmina M               Dutch   3316762


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk is used to call your attention to additional information in
   the transcriber's notes.

*  Sample of Other Details Available in the original manuscript:
     Passenger #              45          EX Augsburg  U.S. Zone Germany
     Surname                  Grabia
     Forenames                Josef
     CM/L #                   831088
     IRO Status               S
     Nationality              Polish
     Religion                 Roman Catholic
     Marital Status           Married
     Sex                      Male
     Date of Birth            02 July 1910
     Age                      40
     Country/Place of Birth   Poland / Godeniza
     Passport Number          045482
     Date Passport Issued     28 October 1949
     Place Passport Issued    Augsburg
     Occupation               Farmer

Transcribed by Tom Stiglmayer
and Donated to the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
It is believed that this transcription only lists those who disembarked in Fremantle, 
since the ship carried hundreds more passengers. 
The source was most likely the records in the National Archives of Australia's Perth collection.

       Here are more links to help in your search for passengers to Australia:

Extensive information about Displaced Persons immigration from Germany to Australia 1947-1951 
is at  http://www.fifthfleet.net.

Conduct record searches at the National Archives of Australia

and search Coraweb.com.au at How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records 
in Australia
Formatted by Sharon Krisko a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
12 March 2002



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